Mahesh Dixit appointed Intelligence Bureau chief

New Delhi, Jun 25 (PTI): Senior IPS officer Mahesh Dixit was on Thursday appointed as the new chief of the Intelligence Bureau, succeeding Tapan Kumar Deka.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cleared Dixit's appointment. He will have a two-year tenure.

Dixit, a 1993-batch Indian Police Service Police Service Police Service officer from the Andhra Pradesh cadre, was serving as the Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau prior to this elevation.